Suburbs

Sister charged in killing

Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune

Mundelein police officers walk outside of a townhouse along the 1600 block of Woodhaven Court in Mundelein, where an 11-year-old girl was found dead Jan., 22, 2014. The victim's 14-year-old half-sister has been charged in her killing.

Mundelein police officers walk outside of a townhouse along the 1600 block of Woodhaven Court in Mundelein, where an 11-year-old girl was found dead Jan., 22, 2014. The victim's 14-year-old half-sister has been charged in her killing. (Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune)

A Mundelein teenager was ordered Tuesday afternoon to remain in a juvenile detention facility at least until she’s 20 years old for the murder of her 11-year-old sister, but will be released by the time she’s 21.

A DuPage County judge said Monday he will allow certain secretly recorded conversations to be admitted into evidence at the upcoming trial of a Schaumburg police officer accused of running a drug ring with fellow officers.

The Oak Park School District 97 Board honored Peter Traczyk recently with a proclamation memorializing the former board president's contributions to the district, including establishment of the Finance Oversight and Review Committee and the Facilities Advisory Committee.